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/1 -LAKE TEXOMA REPORTWater level 614.72. Water temperature 70Winds south 15-20Gusty—Partly Cloudy—ScatteredThunder showersTemperatures 88-74-90The Denison PressVERSE FOR THIS WEEKTrain up a child in the way he should go;and when he is old he will not depart fromit. Proverbs 22:6.REPRESENTATIVE OF THE UNITED PRESSDENISON, TEXAS, FRIDAY, JUNE 12, 1959VOLUME 31—NUMBER 50ALONG THENWSIY THE EDITOR• A deftnxe for the dogIf you never owned a dog it ismuch like having a home with noI child. A childand a dog go to-j gether like sun-I shine and flow-[ ers. Never a boyhad a better timethan when he isplaying with hisdog. And thedog is instinc-I tively the bestfriend a boy—and also a mail—for that matter,ever had.We have something in the wayof defense for the dog. Whilebest friend a man ever had, asSenator Vest so beautifully put itin his classic, he is also the bruntcf more abuse and cursing thanpossibly any other creature.The rise and fall of the fightagainst dogs is as perennial as po-litical quarrels and debates. Thedog has his best defense whensome person or persons want torid the community of this bestalarm of intruders any yard canhave.He is not at all dangerous, thedog, us compared with the care-less, discourteous or the drunkendriver. Yet the poor animal getsmore cursing than the driver whogoes about with his destruction.We let that kind of society haz-ard off with a little bond or fine,and let him go ahead and do itagain. The comparison is not asinvidious as it may seem, butwhat we wish to get over is to beas tolerant with the dog as weare with the DWI case.• A pal for a walk at nightDid you ever—or it may beyour regular custom—to take awalk in the dark with your dog.No matter the hour—late or early—you will not he able to getoff his scent. He will walk nearand if other dogs awake and starttheir barking, your dog will comeclose to you and stand or walk be-tween you and the dog or dogsaroused by your passing. It mayaggravate you to have the dogsbark at you. Hut they arc lettingthe man of the house in frontof which you are passing, knowthat some one strange to themis passing. And when your dogwalks along with you, he occasion-ally will draw near enough toreach up with his nose and touchyour hand as much as to say I'mstill here.” And that same dogseems to fathom just when youare not so well. He will drawcloser. He will sense your pres-ence at night long before youleach your front steps and willmeet you down the street and walkalong with you to the door andwagging his tail, lie will almostsay, "you arc safe.” And then hewill go to his own bed. Whenneighbors come to their door tosee what it’s all about when theirdog barks, the dog will cease hisbarking at the command of hismaster and you, if you are a goodsport will say something to theman of the house, "It’s jtist aneighbor out for a walk." And theman of that house, and his nameis Legion, will understand and sowill the dog.t $50.00 rewardSuch a dog this column hadup to the night of May 111. On themorning of the 14th, "Cindy” didnot appear in response to ourusual sign of calling—it was aclapping of the hands. "Cindy”knew the call and always camefor the usual greeting. Hut onthe morning of May 14 there wasa vacant dog bed by the side ofthe car in the carport. She metevery car in the neighborhood andtrotted in front of each neighbor'scar until their driveway wasreached. She kept dogs from fight-ing by her strange way of han-dling the situation. She was thetenderest of pets, and the idolof all the children of the neigh-borhood. All of the communityknew Cindy. She had no enemies.Found in a pile of cinders wheresome dog-hater had cast her as ahelples- baby (log, a farmer'swife passing by redeemed herfrom her plight and the pet laterfell into our hands. If the partywho killed her brutally, poisonedher, carried her off and gave herto some one, or whatever wasdone to Cindy, if the guilty onewho removed her Hum her homeat 926 West Sears street, has any(St* ALONG THE, P«(« 6)Deaf ear givencurrent war onpornography?While the fight launched herein Denison on May 20 against por-nography was the first of thisarea, it develops that the ladieshere, by and large, led the fieldin the south in such a drive. Theladies here who visited the citycouncil promised that it was nota passing fancy, but that a realwar was in their conception. Theypromised to take the fight or war,“to the highest reaches of protect-ing and even to the highestcourts."It seems also, that with theDenison ladies there arises wom-en of other towns and cities whohave gathered the same battle cryand campaign which had its for-mal launching in a meeting of theclub women, and particularly thePTA groups, in Detroit. An in-structive article as to what recep-tion the move is so far meeting isreprinted from the wires of theUnited Press International:Loud cries against the spreadof pornography into Americanhomes apparently are bouncingoff the ears of most citizens.Policemen, preachers, congress-men and civic leaders recentlysounded alarms, independentlyand in chorus, against increasedtraffic in smut. But a UnitedPress International survey disclos-ed today comparatively little re-sponse on the home front.Vigorous action against indecentliterature was noted in some com-munities, however. And smutfighters in others vow their battleis just getting started.These forces reloaded theirweapons when they detected por-nography peddlers invading homesthrough the mail boxes in a salescampaign directed at children.Police arrested 20 persons andconfiscated carloads of pornogra-phy at Cambridge, Mass., thisweek and assistant district attor-ney John Powers said the ringhad mailed many obscene picturesand books to children.Kids like to get mail and, ac-cording to the general federationof women’s clubs, between 700,-000 and 1,000,000 of them willget mail this year urging them tobuy dirty books.The federation’s legislative d -rector, Miss Sally Butler, says thistype of reading matter fosters sexcrimes. She told congressmen herorganization has done a good job |in getting smut off magazineracks and now would tackle thejew problem.The American Congress of Par-ents and Teachers joined the bat-tle ns did the Southern Baptistsconvention and the National Asso-ciation of Evangelicals. At Boston,Richard Cardinal Cushing said thefight against smut "cuts throughdifferences of religion."Just what is it these people andorganizations are fighting?According to the Southern Bap-tists’ Rural Life Commission saysthat most people do not want tohave anything to do with it, un-til they discover the effect it ishaving on their own children."A career smut fighter, DetroitPostoffice Inspector R. B. Beat-son, said the pornography includespictures—some in color slides andsome in movie selling for $80 areel.Beatson said the peddlers some-times get their mailing lists fromlegitimate sources which couldexplain how children come to re-ceive the advertising.Motorscooter-caraccident injurestwo local youthsTwo Denison youngsters, BobbyLynn Kerley, 12, of 1331 WestMorgan and Tommy Leon Reevesof 1319 W. Morgan, suffered se-vere injuries when their motor-scooter on which they were ridingcollided with an auto at Main midBarrett Thursday afternoon.Bobby was driving the scoot-er and suffered a broken left thighbone and had two of his frontteeth knocked out. Tommy suffer-ed a broken arm and a concussion.Both were taken to Madonna Hos-pital in a Johnson-Moore ambu-lance.The motor-scooter was travel-ing east on Main and the autodriven by John Henry Williams ofKemp, was going west on Main,and was attempting a left turnonto Barrett when the accidenthappened. Damage was estimatedat $200 by investigating police.Civic Welfarehelps 343 personsduring last monthIn order that organizations andindividuals affiliated with theDenison Civic Welfare Associa-tion, Inc., may have current infor-mation on the organization’s ac-tivities, Mrs. Gene Harvey, direc-tor, submits the following reportlor May.Government surplus food dis-tributed included 902 pounds ofdried milk, 1370 pounds of flour,1085 pounds of meal and 424pounds of rice.Groceries purchased and dis-tributed included 300 poundsdried beans, 122 pounds sugar,144 pounds shortening, 180pounds of oleo, 110 pounds ofspaghetti, 144 pounds of oatmealund 36 cans of milk.Clothing purchased for chil-dren included 6 pairs of shoes,3 pairs underwear and 2 pairs ofjeans.Assistance given transients in-cluded 24 meals, 8 lodgings, 1transportation, 2 used clothing.Food and furniture donated bysupporters and sponsors of the or-ganization included 200 pounds ofpotatoes, 25 pounds of carrots, 23quarts of canned goods, 1 livingloom suite, 3 chairs, 1 cook stove,4 floor covering, 4 beds and mat-tresses and one breakfast tableand chairs.Seventy eight families werehelped, comprising 343 individ-uals, 227 of whom were children.Chief MacNeilcompliment to cityon eve of leavingDenison was paid the compli-ment of being the "best of all thecities and towns” in which he hadbeen thrown as a member of thenavy, when Chief MacNei) tookover the program at the Iocs!meeting of the Kiwanis Club.He stated that of all the manyplaces he and his family had re-sided in his period of 23 years inthe service of Uncle Sam as a sub-marine man, Denison Had givenhim and his family the greatestof pleasure and was loathe to leavethe city come thjs next July 1st.He goes to take a sub off the coastof Connecticut.Chairman Lee Elder and BenBarnes in charge of the programof the day paid high complimentto the speaker who followedthrough with a gripping set ofscenes as it is in a submarine intimes of war.Announcement that the secondvice president Paul Rice, wasleaving the city at an early dateand nominations were requestedfor replacement. One nominationwas made and the election datewill be held open for a week andother nominations were permissi-ble, according to President Elder.Jim Whiting presented his son,Jack, as a guest.Building permit*include 1 duplexBuilding permits for the weektotaled approximately $18,830 indollar value of construction, ac-cording to the building inspector’sreport which makes the total forthe year to date $704,403.The largest permit for the weekwas issued to G. A. Faires whowill erect a six voom duplex at808 W. Nelson at a cost of $8831.Other permits include:Frank Klinkman, 520 East Day,$150, build driveway.A. W. Ward, Owing and Mirick,erect neon sign, $2300; G. C.Jones, 1316 West Morton, levelhouse, repairs, $499; T. C. Fitz-gerald, 728 West Florence, three-room house, $4770; G. L. Jackson,1800 West Shepherd, two-roomhouse, $450; Jim Fesperman, 2161Juanita, concrete curb and gut-ter, $125; T. H. Wrenn, 1105 W.Elm, wash house, $75; N. V. Pow-ers, 53i East Washington, newroof, $150; Fred T. Reeves, 2820West Elm, sheetroek four ceilings,rebuild kitchen cabinet, $200;Mrs. L. C. Strickland, 300 WestJohnson, repair fire damage,$600; Mrs. Jessie J. Ford, 214 E.Munson, sheetroek four rooms,$200; St. Benedict CatholicChurch, 708 West Elm, concretecurb and gutter, $370; HowardAnderson, 730 West Elm, coon-crete curb and gutter, $65;Charles F. Johnson, 410 NorthFannin, garage and other repairs,$499.Although Michigan is bestknown as the automobile capitalof the world, 81 per cent of allpes of industrial goods are rep-resented in the state.;• . •». . Ij****"" m,mmjP" . ;.I 'i ■ ■*:.It, *..•'■■ mmMm, iV"-w . ' WWu.VERY FOND OF CHICKEN-A love feast only, so far, is theattitude of “Bobo,” the cat, for “Snowball." Bobo broughtSnowball into the home of the Fred Tobias family, of LosAngeles, Calif., when she was an injured chick. One year ofeggstraordinary friendship was unmarred up through the timethis picture was taken.Population trend today said tofavor small community newspapersCOLUMBIA, Mo.— The trendof population away from the bigcities is giving a new source ofstrength to the small communitynewspaper and providing greateropportunities for the young jour-nalist, a distinguished Missouriweekly newspaper publisher toldan assembly of newspaper menand journalism students at theUniversity of MiAo.., here.Lewis E. Roop, editor and pub-lisher of three weekly papers inJefferson County, Mo., also toldmembers of the Missouri PressAssociation that the small citynewspaper must print more edi-torials, but he cautioned that theymust keep their news and editor-ial opinion separated if they areto maintain their strength.Roop, who publishes the DeSoto Press and the Jefferson Re-public in De Soto, and the Jeffer-son County Record in Hillsboro,Mo., was speaking on "The SmallCity Press — Opportunities forYoung Journalists," at a jointmeeting of members of the PressAssociation and students of theUniversity of Missouri School ofJournalism.Roop was awarded one of Mis-souri's Honor Awards for Distin-guished Service in Journalism inceremonies here last week climax-ing the annual Journalism Weekand celebrating the 50th anniver-sary of the founding here of theworld’s first school of journalism.He is a graduate of the School,having earned both his AB andBachelor of Journalism degreeshere in 1931.“New methods of newspaperproduction are more favorable forthe small city press than at anytime in the past four decades,”Roop told his audience."Radio and television may bethe first to report news,” he ad-mitted, “hut people will continueto look to newspapers for the fullcoverage and background report-ing of all types of news, from lo-cal to international."Zoning boardcan yes andalso negateThe Denison zoning board can jlook you in the face and say bothyes and no, whatever they consid-er is best for the city as a whole.A living example of that atti-tude was exemplified at the Tues-day session. A full board was Inot present hut a majority was,on hand and that makes it legal, jWhat they sa- will, in practically |every case, when appealed to thecity council, be given the okay bythe city officials. There’s nearlyi.lways an appeal, hut the coun-cil in practically every case, aftergiving a fair and impartial hear-ing, gives the okay to the actionof the zoning board.Stubborn appealOne of the most stubborn ap-peals came from parties in theCotton Mill area living on Brockstreet. They wanted Brock streetopened to Armstrong avenueand, although it would be only a35-foot-wide street the petitioners,Messrs. C. E. Campbell and J. E.Dishman, wanted such a street.Denison gets WyattFoods; zoning boardgives petition okayPAFB helicopterto take on widerscope of servicePerrin’s helicopter is to figuremore prominently than ever be-fore in aircraft crash-rescue op-erations at the base. The new andlatest word in the tescue opera-tions went into effect last Wed-nesday.Not only will the whirlibirdhasten to the scene of an aircraftaccident and speed off with litterpatients for immediate hospitali-zation, but it will take along itsown "fire suppression kit" and acouple of firefighters who will ex-tricate the injured from a burn-ing aircraft.In operations of this nature theWhen Clarence Scott, former j job of the helicopter is not con-mayor and a member of the zon- I fined to airlifting. After unload-ing hoard, took the position that ; mg the crew and kit, the pilota 35-foot-wide street was not ade- j positions the bird over the firequate to permit two cars passing,! and uses the huge rotors to rollhe was challenged by petitioner ] the foam and, at the same time,C. E. Campbell, a former garage : to prevent a back flash,man and worker in metal. Point-! The innovation became a realitying to the sketch on the paper as j when Perrin acquired H-43A heli-planned by draftsmen, Campbell j copters the latest word in "Chop-stated "Two cars can pass on35-foot street.”Denison’s list of modern gro-cery tores received another boostTuesday when the final okay bythe Denison zoning board was giv-en the petition of the Wyatt FoodStores to open a place of busi-ness here.The location is the entire northside of the 800 block on W. Craw-ford street with a building footageoi 24,000 square feet and a park-ing place for above 200 cars.Work will start clearing the build-ings that were purchased from res-idential owners on the north sideof Crawford at the earliest possi-ble date. This will he followed im-mediately by starting constructionaccording to Larry Taylor, legalrepresentative for the Wyatt in-terests.L. F. Hall, representing the realestute end of the Wyatt setup,was present and explained in de-tail the setting of the building andhow it will fit into meeting mod-ern traffic conditions. Both Tay-lor and Hall, gave fullest informa-tion to the queries offered by thecity zoning board. Care was notedthat all traffic regulations can bemet, as well as other matters thatare needful to establish such aBut when the board consideredthe matter after the question waskicked around a bit, their verdictwas "no.”Another TurndownChester E. Otis made applica-tion as follows: "I hereby requestpermit to locate two trailer homeson my lot immediately west ofthe Air Line Vans' office andwarehouse on highway 75 south,and facing the old Sherman road.These homes will be connected tocity water and septic tank as asewer is not available. The prop-erty immediately to the west isowned by B. W. Baldwin and oc-per” versatility. I business in a new area of the res-Hooked to its understructure, I i'lential section made a retail seg-the H-43A carries a 1000 pound i rn'-n^ °fcylinder containing 510 gallons of j Both Hall and Taylorfoam and a fire hose assembly.Although not adequate to en-tirely extinguish a major fire, thisairborne auxiliary unit is enoughto suppress the flames to the pointwhere crash-rescue workers canpull the injured from a burningaircraft.The job of training Perrin'sfiremen into handling the newsuppression kit was that of theweresession withpleased with theirthe local zoning board and pre-sented a sketch in water color ofthe proposed structure. The realestate deal was handled by a lo-cal teal estate dealer Jack Smart.No traffic JamAll loading and unloading willbe done off-street and traffic ofthat section will have no handi-caps as ample parking space forKaman Corporation, Bloomfield, | customers, uj well as ingress andConn., who sent down their owninstructors to conduct a week ofcondenses training at the base.ty;I v*• ' ifEVANGELIST BROOKSBaptist ministerenters full timeevangelistic workThe Rev. W. A. Brooks, pastorof the First Baptist Church ofTahoka, Texas, has announced hisresignation as pastor to enter thefull time evangelistic ministry.The Rev. Mr. Brooks and fam-ily are currently residing in Sher-man but are planning to move toDenison in the near future. Theminister served the Fairview Bap-tist Church in Sherman for fiveyears and also pastored the Sec-ond Baptist Church in Victoria.He has conducted several revivalmeetings in the North Texas area,and in several southern states. Heif a Southern Baptist evangelist.Evangelist Brooks is a graduateol Austin College, Sherman, andreceived his BD degree and Mas-ters degree from SouthwesternTheological Seminary in FortWorth.Rev. and Mrs. Brooks have twochildren, a son, 9 years of age,and a daughter, 16. Their Slierman address is 1314 N. Brents.Sgt. Edition Harlowreassigned to postStanford UniversityS-Sgt. Edmon Harlow of Per-1rin's Wing Officer Personnel sec-1tion has been reassigned to the Air ;University, with duty at StanfordUniversity, California. He willjoin the Air Force ROTC detach-ment at Stanford.A life-long resident of Denison,Harlow requested the plush as-signment a couple of months ago,"with fingers crossed,” and hecommented, “when it camethrough okayed, I was more thanglad." He is qualified to instructin all phases of personnel recordsmanagement.Joining the United States AirForce first in 1947, the sergeantgot a "hardship discharge” a yearlater on the death of his father,the late Olen F. Harlow of Deni- Ison. He reenlisted in 1950 and has jsince been on continuous activeduty.Sgt. Harlow was stationed inMorocco, 1953 to 1955; and hasdone temporary duties with unitsof the Strategic Air Command onbases in England and on the is-land of Guam.He is a member of the OptimistClub in Denison. His wife, former-ly Gwendolyn Wright of Denison,and their sons, Olen Debs andTimothy Wayne, live with him at307 S. Barrett. The family wor-ships at the First Baptist church.Denison doctorhas son who is1959 graduateAmong the graduates this yearfrom the Saint Louis UniversitySchool of Medicine, is a son of Dr.and Mrs. Anthony Czerwinski. Announcement of the class this yearincludes the son Anthony W.Czerwinski. He is among 14members of the graduating classwhose fathers were also graduatesof the St. Louis school.Graduating exercises were con-ducted June 6 at Kiel Auditorium,St. Louis. It happens also thatfour of the fathers of sons grad-uating this year have served theSaint Louis University medicalfaculty while eight of themalumni of tho university.facturers of the H-43A, and tothem is also credited the new ideaof fire fighting.cupied by Sgt. and Mrs. Henry j The Kaman Corporation is manu-Jones, both of whom have approv- jed the occupancy for the pur-1pose." Signed, Chester E. Otis.Otis stated both B. W. Baldwinand Mrs. Henry Jones approvedthe idea.The request was turned down,after the zoning board went into;the matter of it being a precedent, jthey did not wish to set as not |enough was assured the board as Ito further detail and what might jarise as to complications,Beasley gets nodFred Beasley, who owns the jproperty at 2301 W. Morton, re-quested that it he rezoned for thepurpose of putting in an acqua-rium display, stating it would en-Tyier residentinjured here incar-truck crashAn 80-year-old Tyler man,; Samuel Leath, was admitted toI Madonna Hospital here earlyj Monday morning after he was in-! jured in a collision involving a1 freight truck.l.eath’s condition was not seri-j ous, a hospital official said. Driv-of the truck was not injured.The collision occurred on High-num a.sp.ay, suun.g a »«*»«««" j way 75 inside the city, about 200able him to realtze more rental in-1 (ep( c()Uth of roffln Both vehi-cles were southbound.The 1959 tractor andcome and it would not be a haz-ard or source of loss to other andadjoining property. The hoard ]gave him the go ahead.trailerwas driven by Loy Luper, 43, drien for the Jone.s Truck LineSpringdale, Ark.egress will be such as to add notraffic hazard by customer trade,it is stated.The building will have no base-ment, all footage being on thecne floor The entire frontagewill be on the Crawford streetside of the building. Ample alleyroom for all purposes will be as-sured, it was stated.Many favor stepAmong those of the local citi-zens. and most of whom residedin the area where the Wyatt storei.- to be located, were Mr. andMr.-. T. Zcnthoefcr, 826 Craw-ford; l.olita B. Grant, 816 WestChestnut; Mrs. A. K. Henderson,h22 West Chestnut; Mr. and Mrs.E. J. Deckel, 723 W. Crawford;E. E. Woody, 926 Main; RitcheyThrift Center, 114 South Arm-strong.Cafeteria Comes nextAccording to Mr. Taylor of thelegal end of the Wyatt setup,(here will be no cafe at this time,Woodmen CircleGrove disbandsLt, Col. Spann namedprof, military scienceit Hardin-SimmonsABILENE—Lt. Col. Charles W. jSpann, an Army officer for 18 |years, has been assigned to Hard-in-Simmons University as profes-1 - ___sor of military science and tac- ! for Summer monthstics. ^ Mrs. Allic Thornton, presidentCol. Spann succeeds Lt. Cot. ‘ of ,),0 White Rose Grove No. 4Howard H. Burd, who will fill a i Woodmen Circle, conducted thepost with the US Army’s head- business meeting of the organiza-quaters for Europe, at Heidel- j )ion tbe TB&l. elubrooms Mon-burg, Germany. I ,]ay evening when Mrs. AddieThis is Col Spann’s first assign- j Hamlin, North East Texas statement since his return to the US mami(rri. was the guest of honor,from Korea late in March. He |will head the Army ROTC pro-of j as has been rumored. That will; come later and in a different lo-Denison police estimated $100 j cation, when projected, Mr. Tay-damage to the freight truck and \ lor stated,a total loss of Leath’s 1958 Stude-baker pickup truck.gram at H-SU.A native of Reno, New, Col.Spann entered the Army early inWorld War II. He served in thePacific theatre during the war asa commander of artillery. He cli-maxed a .series of campaigns byparticipating in the capture ofOkinawa in 1945.Since World War 11, Col Spannhas served two tours of duty inKorea, the latest as a member ofthe Korea Military AdvisoryGroup and senior advisor to theKorean Anti-Aircraft Brigade. Hespent three years in Germany andFrance between his two assign-ments to Korea, and also was theArmy's representative on the staffof the Western Air Defense Forceat Hamilton AFB, Calif., for threeyears.He expects to remain at Hardin-Simmons University for threeyears.guestA report on the progress beingmade in the KTXO Communityawards was made by the presidentand other member of the com-mittee. On vote it was decided thenext regular business meeting ofthe Grove would he scheduled inSeptember. A watermelon partywill be held in August to closeout activities of the organizationuntil the fall season.Refreshments were served byMrs. Mabel Ford and Mrs. NoraCoonrod.On June 4, 1944, the destroy-er escorts Jenks, Chattelain andPillsbury, with escort carrier Gua-dalcanal captured the German sub-marine U-505 in the Atlantic, Thiswas the first time in 130 yearsthat the US Navy boarded and de-clared as a prize of war, an ene-my vessel on the high seas. TheU-505 is presently on display atthe Museum of Science and Indus-try in Chicago, IU,Rural traffic storyGrayson rolls up bigcosts life any moneyThe rural traffic accident sum-mary for Grayson County for themonth of May 1959, was releas-ed today by Capt. Harry Hutchin-son, Commanding Officer District1A, Highway Patrol Service, Tex-a- Department of Public Safety.The Highway Patrol investigat-ed a total of 30 accidents of which17 were property damage, 12 per-sonal injury and 1 fatal accidents.These accidents caused a totalproperty damage of $29,725 with1 person killed and 26 injured."In recent years the slaughteron our rural highways has been anational disgrace. It has made alarce of the right of the Ameri-can people to live in peace and se-curity," said Hutchison. "Yet itis the American people who arethreatening their own exis-tence for eight out of every tenaccidents in Texas result from aneedless traffic violation.”"These traffic violations,” hecontinued, “have already causedthe death of 833 persons in Texasthis year. This is a 11 per centincrease over the same period of1958.” The 1959 figures arefrom reports received prior toMay 29.Drive carefully — an accidentcould make your vacation perma-nent.